Instagram changed the way people interact, but it also changed how we capture the world around us. Today I stumbled across photos that I took while working in East Africa. Seeing them brought on nostalgia, and no “blog” could represent me well without them. A lot of these photos were taken pre-Instagram so they’ve been buried by time.
Most of these were captured with my iPhone.
This lady approached my car window during a stop at the local market
Ruaha National Park, Iringa, TanzaniaJumamos, coffee farmer, Tanzania BrothersMasai warriors as security guards in ZanzibarMy neighbors. Lucy is on the leftThe best coffee in the region took about two hours of driving up crazy steep terrain to get to from my homeI lived in the small home with the water tank in the lower right corner of this photo. Running up that mountain was my “gym” everyday after work16 of these coffee bags = 1 metric ton, or 2,204.6 lbs.In awe, on a safariMy parents, on a safari while visiting Cows on the beach?Hubert Mtui and I surveying coffee trees Different day, same teamCoffee farmer, home brewLake Matema, Malawi Notice the scars. If you’ve been to my home, you may recognize this oneMotorcycle polo on the weekendsNeighborhood cleanup Deep in Masai territoryCoffee cupping in Rwanda with Rwanda Trading CompanyWorking with a group of farmers to build a coffee processing facility in their villagetypical lunch at the office